Not firing

A poor tipping performance on Saturday – I’m not quite firing at the moment. Maybe today will be better. I’ve had a hard look at the 3:35 at Ripon – the sharp early turn on the mile course has played into the hands of low drawn front runners in the past. In the Great St. Wilfrid on similar ground the …

Up and running

A big week just gone as my stud farm finally got moving after a three year wait. Paul Coombe started as stud manager last Friday and the first horses came down. Three more mares came down today, all in foal. In total I now have nine mares, all in foal, in my biggest paddock (Baldovina, Bea Menace, Lilac Moon, Park …

Good Luck

A long week. On Friday I went into hospital for an operation on my toe – it’s been crooked for my whole life but this year it’s irritated me more than ever, particularly when I climbed Kilimanjaro. I now have a pin sticking out of my toe with a blue bead on the end of it – it will be …